Author: Lisa Sicard

This is a guest post by Nisha Sandhu, Editor at Merchant Account Forum.

Whatever the nature of your business, a merchant account provides a seamless way to collect payment for the goods or services you provide. Merchant accounts are specialized business accounts licensed to accept credit card transactions, usually allowing payment from several major credit cards. If you have an online business, your merchant account must be coupled with an application program interface (API) gateway which actually processes your customer’s credit card payments.

How a merchant account benefits your business:

Continue reading Merchant Accounts: What They Are and How They Benefit Your Business

We are very pleased to share this exceptional guest post from Greg Rollett of Rock Star Lifestyle Design and Internet Marketing.

Greg is behind the new Rock Star Business Series 2.0. Read more about Greg Rollett and follow him at Twitter: (Greg Rollett).

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There has been lots of talk of blogger alliances and blogger outreach recently. I think this comes from the realization that we can all grow faster together than by going at it alone. I know for a fact that leverage in online marketing can be the difference between hoping for some sales to come in and seeing sales come in.

For bloggers looking to use leverage the most important thing you can do is guest post. It may seem crazy in the early days of developing your own site as you may be having trouble coming up with content for your own blog, however reaching out to others is valuable for a number of reasons. Continue reading How Guest Blogging Can Change Your Life

Great minds think alike. In my last post I wrote about the importance of some bloggers becoming the hub that connects others and today I am sharing these thoughts from Murray Newlands about how he can assist us with Blog Outreach. Murray has a major PR4 Affiliate Martketing Blog and also posts about email marketing and Social Media Marketing.

Be sure to read my testimonial below his comments about what collaborating with Murray has done for me.

Blog outreach involves communicating with bloggers to engage their audiences with your message. This could be as simple as getting them to review your product.

1. Good product reviews on the right products will lead to more sales from the blog’s readers.
2. Some blogs rank very well in search engines and will increase traffic search traffic.
3. More links to your website will increase the search engine position of your site.
4. If you are not leading conversation in your subject area someone else will be.
5. If you are not leading the conversation about your company or product someone else will.
6. Engagement with your audience will lead to useful feedback for your company.
7. You should be building relationships with the blogging community before your competitors do.
8. If you have read this far you know what you need to do now: contact Murray Newlands for Blog Outreach. Continue reading Blog Outreach: 8 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Be Doing It Now